Berlusconi eyes ‘Dinho

President Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed that Milan are in pole position to sign Ronaldinho if Barcelona decide to sell the Brazilian star.

The Rossoneri have made no secret of the fact that the Brazilian is one of their summer targets, after transfer consultant Ernesto Bronzetti was appointed to contact the player’s brother and agent Roberto Assis in the past few weeks.

Vice-President Adriano Galliani had also publicly admitted that the Rossoneri were ready to start negotiations with the Spanish giants, as all conversations to extend the player’s deal with the Blaugrana until 2014 had stalled so far.

“I believe we would be ready to make a move if Barcelona were to sell Ronaldinho,” confirmed Berlusconi to La Domenica Sportiva after Sunday’s win over Sampdoria at the San Siro.

“He is a great player, although we would obviously need to understand what his effect would be on the opponents and his teammates. Even with him on the team, tonight we would have had some problems. Luck plays a great part in football.”

The former Prime Minister also declared that Milan have targeted Gianluigi Buffon and could make an offer to Juventus, seeing the latest rumours suggesting that Nelson Dida has agreed a free transfer to Barcelona.

“Buffon is an excellent goalkeeper and we are definitely interested in his services if we will fail to renew Dida’s deal,” explained the Rossonero, as the Brazilian’s contract expires on June 30 and talks to extend have been unsuccessful so far.

“Dida cannot believe that Milan are willing to pay him more than what has been agreed for with other champions, like Kaka,” concluded Berlusconi.

The Rossoneri have a strict salary policy that cannot be changed and the Rossoneri have always stated that Dida could not earn more than the other champions on the squad, despite him being a top level player

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Is he really sirious??

Going for Gigi and R10 at the same time??

I think he's getting bored and wants to spend some serious cash before he dies

He seems to have caught Stupidtransferrumoritis from Real's Calderon.

He's been president of this club for over 20 yrs ... I think he has a good idea of whats to come

He aint nothing like Calderon

He's really smart guy and he knows what he's doing. But please buy some replacement to defence!

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"Let's say we've good chances."

Silvio Berlusconi about the Ronaldinho transfer, to Paolo Bianco [president of Milan Club Palazzo Marino]

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This is not bad news... but it's the "worst of the good news"!

What ari? 10R is not FAT enough for you?

This photo is dedicated to hanna:

Young 10R and his brother and agent - Roberto de Assis.

They look so much alike !!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyF7fCOpEK8...related&search=

ahahahhahahahahahahah yes, sign him now

Milan close in on Ronaldinho

Ronaldinho has moved closer to a sensational Milan switch after his brother and agent met Rossoneri officials on Tuesday.

Roberto Assis, who also represents Ricardo Oliveira, flew into the Italian city to officially speak with Oliveira after his kidnapped sister was found safe and well.

However, Assis also dined with Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani and sporting director Ariedo Braida where they are understood to have discussed his brother’s future.

The Corriere dello Sport reports that the two parties involved are close to reaching an agreement over personal terms, even if convincing Barcelona – who have ‘Dinho under contract until 2011 – to sell is a different matter.

Nevertheless, the newspaper suggested that Assis and Galliani have agreed on a pact which would guarantee Ronaldinho’s move to Milan if he were to leave the Blaugrana.

“Barcelona deserve all our respect, there are no problems and we have an excellent relationship with them,” said Assis.

“My brother, however, cannot deny that he likes Milan. There are many Brazilian players here who form a family and always welcome him warmly, how could you not do the same?”

Galliani, though, is playing it cool and is keen to avoid the kind of confrontations he had with Real Madrid in the summer after they openly courted Kaka through the media.

“I don’t want to put pressure on anyone, Ronaldinho still has three years on his contract and I don’t think there are any problems with the club,” he stated.

“If he decides to change he knows that Milan are here, ready to welcome him, but I do not want another Kaka situation.”

President Silvio Berlusconi, who has made no secret of his wish to see ‘Dinho wear Milan’s jersey, also confirmed that his dream might be close to coming true.

“Ronaldinho could join us and there is a good chance that this will happen,” underlined the former Italian Prime Minister.


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Make us proud again, Silvio.



... together the 2 world best players.

Well in soccer maybe, in a beauty contest maybe kaka thats it

Here's what you asked for, number 7!!

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Good to see the things are goin' on the right track.

Right track for R20, Barcelona, calcio d'Italia, Roberto de Assis Moreira, Silvio's company... but not for my team, not for Milan!

And they just came out with all this ..

Funny, but it reminds me of a certain Baldy who said that the ES is a future captain of Milan

I am confident that these are just talks to calm down the tensions in Catalunia .. Or I could be doing a han

Hey now! Why am I being dragged into this?!

I plead the FIF amendment !

In this interview Ronaldo said a lot of good things about Milan. It seems that he's really enjoying his life and the club he plays for.

Yep.



Him saying stuff like this is great especially for somone like Ronaldo who has been around a lot of clubs.

And him saying these things about Milan and throwing little digs at Real will continue to make a good influence on Kaka

Even if he hated it here he would still tell the Spaniards he's having the time of his life!


Hopefully. But I really think Kaka will only be partly influenced by what people say. He seems really smart and ever since he said about Shevchenko failing in EPL and the fear of moving to another championship I can see he's not kidding himself! He still knows that he's a human and as such he's subject to limitations.

Definately.

I personally think that going to Real at any moment in the near future is carreer suicide for any player. A total circus

But money does speak and even though we think Kaka is different, at the end of the day, like you said he is human.

I'm not saying Kaka is above money (he's, as you said, a human after all, inferior only to Paolo himself) but whatever decision he may take in the future I'm sure it will be after a long though and he's going to be sure of it, not just because of this thing or the other.

Kaka isn't gonna move this summer ... That is certain, but he might be sold by the club, ONLY if the the offer was too good to refuse.

If Madrid comes to Milan and says; over 100M for Kaka, Berlusconi will be the one taking Kaka by the hand and giving him off to Madrid. Cuz, that is the reality of the situation.

In the mean time, Milan is dependent on Kaka and in that case, Kaka remains in Milan.

Confusing, I know

I don't think Berlusconi would sell Kaka even for 100m. Not before he gets R20 for sure. It's also said that both Madrid and Chelski already offered that amount of money for Ricky last summer and I wouldn't be surprised if it was true.

I'm not saying next season or the one after that. But When Kaka is @28 or 27, and Milan recieve an offer too good to refuse, he will be sold. After all, he is no Maradonna. Even so, Maradonna was sold ... Zidane was sold

Highly unlikely this summer or the next, but if in the future an overly exagerrated offer comes in, Kaka will be sold.

Well I AM saying next season.

Maradona was sold because Barcelona only had to. Check it out again, if you can't recall, you'll see what I'm talking about.

And Zidane was also sold because Giuve needed the money and the player was offered thrice the money he was getting in Italy. As I said in that other thread Real are not going to be able to offer 100m + 10m per year for no player in the near future...

In any case what I'm trying to say is that Silvio wouldn't sell Kaka for the money (not even for 150m) if he knew Ricky would never leave Milan but he might have to in the future so as not to lose him for free. He may be sentimental and a romantic but he didn't get where he is with love so in that case only he WILL get the money.

And it's Maradona! (n) x 1!!! Don't confuse that with Madonna!!

LOOOL .. I guess it is because of 'Madonna weekend' on MTV today

Yeah, if Kaka is sold, it will be in the future and not now or in two years time.

About Zidane, he was sold at a then record price of 60M .. Juve never needed the money. And Maradona , Well I was refering to Napoli, but alright

You shall be released!


I was €70m actually and Giuve didn't "need" the money but... let's just say they were in no position to refuse such an offer.


Yeah to Napoli from Barcelona... that is what I also was referring to. He asked to be sold himself cause of disputes with the management and some of the players of the team.

Can I go now ...

When I pointed out the money issue I never meant it as a reason why he will leave, but just an example of why players today leave clubs for others. And Ricky might be a Saint but he is still human so we can't exclude any of the possibilities.

Even if I don't think he will leave, especially for money reasons.

I'm with dst on this one, Milan have never sold any of their stars, no matter how much money was offered, the only case is Sheva's and that was because he WANTED to leave.

Oh and btw, will you 2 you stop it with the gay, Vogue, Madonna talk. I would bet that Jack will smell those posts from a mile away

Jack is everywhere!

He's even at Milanello in training at the moment Freaky!!!

Hehe .. So

I'm not saying Berlusconi will sell him for the money, I'm not saying that he has a similar case to Sheva, and I'm not intending to force anything in the sense of Kaka will leave us one day!

All I'm saying is, if in 3 years time (when he is 28 or so) and Madrid, Chelsea, Man U, and all those interested come in and say listen we'll give u 100M plus for Kaka. I do believe that Silvio will take Kaka by the hand and cash him in.

I believe that cuz Kaka is a player that depends on speed and as he get's older he would loose his effectivness. And that is the ONLY reason why I came up with such an assumption.

But not today and not next season and not the season after that or the one after that, but MAYBE the one after that .. hehe lost again .. (I hope Ricky doesnt read this, then I'd hate myself for even bringing up the idea)

I don't think he would sell him even if he was 28 and offered that money, again all you have to look at is Sheva's situation, he was 30 and clearly past his best but Milan still wanted to keep him, no matter how much money Chelsea tried to force on us. Now I'm not saying that their situations are the same but it is a fact that Milan don't sell their stars. No matter for how much money and how old they are. Sheva is an isolated case and the only reason he was sold is because of the sentimental feelings between him and Silvio, because if the situation was different I think Milan would have asked him to see out the LONG TERM contract he still had with the club.

And about the speed issue, I don't think it will harm his effectiveness, sure right now his game is based on speed but I think as time wears on he'll learn how to adapt his game to his qualities at the time.

Sheva's game in the biggening was definately based on lighting fast pace, but as time wore on he adjusted his game and Ricky will do the same because that's what world class players do

Hehe I know Milan doesnt sell it's stars .. Maldini anyone

Have we just met .. It was a hypothetical situation where Silvio decides to sell

So Sheva is the reason Madonna is gay? And Ricky is on this month's cover of Vogue?

Have I got everything right?

Exactly

Jack_Sparrow_Is_Brilliant

He was here the whole time!

Jack was always here .. Just call on him and he will appear

This picture... is amazing.

when was that taken!?

Last season